Iran nuclear talks extended by three days

Nuclear talks in Vienna have been extended by three more days amid disagreements between Russia and the west over lifting an arms embargo on Iran.

After Fukushima, is it moral for Australia to sell uranium to India?

At the height of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Japanese prime minister Nato Kan was faced with a decision: would he have to order the evacuation of Tokyo.

Iran dismisses Barack Obama's claim that sanctions prompted nuclear talks

Iran has said comments in Barack Obama's State of the Union speech about how sanctions linked to its nuclear programme had forced Tehran to the negotiating table were "unrealistic and unconstructive".

Iran extends energy olive branch to West

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Iran on Thursday stepped up its efforts to woo investors and normalise its relations with the West with an offer to help create a new multilateral body tasked with stabilising global energy supplies.

North Korea to discuss nuclear talks in Moscow: Report

MOSCOW: North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will meet senior Russian officials in Moscow next week, state media reported, amid signs of a new push to get Pyongyang to re-join protracted talks over ending its atomic programme.

Exclusive: Obama considering MIT physicist Moniz for energy secretary - sources

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Iran oil exports down 40% in 9 months: Minister Story Comments

TEHRAN: Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 per cent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on Monday, in a reversal of his previous denials of any decline at all.

U.N. nuclear chief rejects Iran "saboteurs" accusation

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear chief said on Wednesday that Iran's allegation his agency may have been infiltrated by saboteurs was baseless and voiced concern about "intensive activities" at the Parchin military installation that his inspectors want to examine.